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On July 7, 2017, a group of the world's biggest global powers, known as the G20, met in Hamburg, Germany. Tens of thousands of anti-capitalist demonstrators, most of whom were peaceful, flocked to the summit; but there were days of standoffs between police and protesters, which led to parts of Hamburg looking like a war zone. Melania Trump missed at least one major event, because it was determined that due to the protests it would be unsafe for her to leave the fortified building where she stayed. At least 456 police officers were injured, and 186 protesters were arrested.

The summit itself was largely overshadowed by the hype – fueled mainly by U.S. mainstream media – around the first, face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin. But what else happened at the event? What kinds of realignments happened among governments? Did the U.S. emerge stronger or weaker from the meetings?

To discuss the impact of the G20, our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston and author of more than three dozen books.

A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association shows a link between health insurance expansion and a decline in sudden cardiac arrests. Our guest is Dr. George Teitelbaum, Regional Director for Neurointerventional Surgery at Providence Medical Institute in California.

You can read the study here: http://jaha.ahajournals.org/content/6/7/e005667

On our weekly roundtable, we discuss the G20 summit, bringing together the worlds most powerful countries in Hamburg, Germany, and drawing hundreds of thousands of anti-globalization protesters. Of course, most of the U.S. mainstream media is focused on the Trump-Putin meeting, but beneath the surface, there is a recalculation and reorganization of global alliances, power points and world leadership. The crisis with North Korea is also key in context of the G20.

On the home front, Trump wants the voter rolls for all 50 states, but states both red and blue are pushing back. Senators, back in their home states, are facing protests from constituents who are opposed to Trumpcare.

Our roundtable panelists are Laura Carlsen, Jackie Goldberg and Bill Fletcher.

And, at the top of the hour: a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association shows a link between health insurance expansion and a decline in sudden cardiac arrests. Our guest is Dr. George Teitelbaum, Regional Director for Neurointerventional Surgery at Providence Medical Institute in California.

With U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions now promising to scuttle progress made in reducing mass incarceration under the Obama administration, we discuss the pioneering work of the Center for NuLeadership in the area of socio-economic, criminal and juvenile justice policy. Our guest is Dr. Divine Pryor, the organization's Executive Director.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration covered up murders of innocent civilians in Honduras, carried out on orders of its agents. Who is being held to account? Also: Berta Caceres, the award-winning environmental and LGBTQ activist, was assassinated in Honduras last year; now, her daughter has narrowly escaped a brutal attack. What is going on? Our guest is Alexander Main, Senior Associate for International Policy at the Center for Economic and policy Research.

For our weekly Earth Watch, Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us. We discuss the campaign against genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in the U.S., one day after the USDA closed their public comment period on this matter. Petermann's objections are shared by over 250,000 signers of a petition against GE trees.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration covered up murders of innocent civilians in Honduras, carried out on orders of its agents. Who is being held to account? Also: Berta Caceres, the award-winning environmental and LGBTQ activist, was assassinated in Honduras last year; now, her daughter has narrowly escaped a brutal attack. What is going on? Our guest is Alex Main, Senior Associate for International Policy at the Center for Economic and policy Research.

With Trumps Attorney General Jeff Sessions now promising to scuttle progress made in reducing mass incarceration under the Obama administration, we discuss the pioneering work of the Center for NuLeadership in the area of socio-economic, criminal and juvenile justice policy. Our guest is Dr. Divine Pryor, the organizations Executive Director.

For our weekly Earth Watch, Anne Petermann, the Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, joins us. We discuss the campaign against genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in the U.S., days after the USDA closed their public comment period on this matter. Petermann's objections are shared by over 250,000 signers of a petition against GE trees.

Today, we kick off a new series, entitled "Campaigners for Black Lives." Our first guest is Charles Lyles, the father of Charleena Lyles, a Seattle mother who was killed by police in front of her children on June 18, 2017. Dr. Melina Abdullah of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles also joins our conversation.

GoFundMe page for Charleena Lyles: https://www.gofundme.com/bdgbc8pg

Trump and Putin will meet face to face for the first time on Friday in Hamburg, Germany. What are the key conflicts and concerns between the U.S. and Russia? What is expected, if anything, to come out of the meeting? We speak to political analyst Gilbert Doctorow, who is on the ground in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Trump administration wants the voter roll data, including social security information, of every voter registered in the U.S. What is behind this request? Our guest is Barbara Arnwine, a veteran voting rights advocate.